Afghan Opposition Consolidates Hold on Kabul and Kandahar
Northern Alliance leaders Wednesday took over various government ministry buildings in Kabul, seizing the reins of government despite Western calls for broad consultation on a post-Taliban regime.
U.N., U.S. Call for Alliance to Maintain Discipline as Kabul Revels
It was a day of jubilation and irony in Kabul Tuesday, as residents celebrated the liberation of the Afghan capital from the Taliban amid the very same chaotic disorder that the Taliban claimed to have eradicated during their rule, and as the U.S. called on the victorious opposition forces to "maintain discipline" in the very same city the U.S. had asked them to hold back from entering.
Bush Allows Secret Trials by Military for Non-U.S. Terror Suspects
President George W. Bush signed an order late Tuesday that would allow for non-U.S. suspected terrorists to be tried before a special military panel instead of in civilian courts, the White House said.